Dorsetshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Dorsetshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1914
1	12th September	PRIESTLEY	Archibald Bertram	Capt	-	32	DOW	France	CCS at Coulommiers	Coulommiers Communal Cemetery (B.14)	(1)
2	14th September	GEORGE	Athelstan Key Durrance	Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Coulommiers	Coulommiers Communal Cemetery (A.1)	(2)
3	16th September	ROE	Arthur Robert Montgomery	Capt	MiD	32	DOW	France	Hospital at Le Mans	Le Mans West Cemetery (SW Corner)	(3)
4	12th October	ROPER	Reginald Trevor	Major	MiD	42	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Brown's Road Military Cemetery (V.A.9)	-
5	13th October	DAVIDSON	William Thomas Chorley	Capt	-	39	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 22/23)	-
6	13th October	PARKINSON	Joe Anthony Francis	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 22/23)	-
7	13th October	PITT	James Maxwell	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Brown's Road Military Cemetery (Sp Mem 3)	(4)
8	13th October	SMITH	Thomas Sydney	2Lt	-	18	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 22/23)	-
9	13th October	TURNER	John Reginald	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	South of Givenchy	Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy (III.T.21)	(5)
1915
10	15th March	CAVE	Walter Henry Charles	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Ypres	Rampart Cemetery, Ypres (D.28)	-
11	21st March	WILLIAMS	Harold Sutton	Major	MiD	37	DOI	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (II.B.17)	(6)
12	27th March	MAY	Harold Gostwyck	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (II.B.21)	(7)
13	13th April	WOOD	Theodore Herbert Henry	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Ypres	Ramparts Cemetery, Ypres	-
14	2nd May	BUTCHER	Charles Geoffrey	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Hill 60, near Zwarteleen	Reninghelst Churchyard (East Corner)	(8)
15	2nd May	ROBERTS	John Henry Charles	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS At Bailleul	Bailleul Community Cemetery (I.15)	(9)
16	5th May	SHANNON	George Strangman	Lt	MC, MiD	26	KIA	Belgium	Southeast of Ypres	Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery (II.G.3)	-
17	20th May	COWIE	Hugh Norman Ramsay	Major	CMG, DSO, MiD	42	DOW	UK	Hospital in London	West Woodhay (St Lawrence) Churchyard (SE)	(10)
18	21st May	RAWLINSON	Curwen Vaughan	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Hill 60, near Zwarteleen	Reninghelst Churchyard Extension (Plot 26)	-
19	25th May	MACEY	Clifford James	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (I.F.35)	-
1916
20	27th March	BLAKEWAY	Noel Carelton	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Martinpuich, Somme	Martinpuich British Cemetery (A.17)	(11)
21	8th May	BAYLY	Vere Talbot	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	West Authuile, Somme	Authuile Military Cemetery (A.13)	-
22	17th May	ALGEO	William Bensley	Capt	MC	28	KIA	France	Diamond Wood, near Thiepval, Somme	Miraumont Communal Cemetery (A.3)	(12)
23	17th May	MANSEL-PLEYDELL	Henry Grove Morton	Lt	MC, MiD*	21	KIA	France	Diamond Wood, near Thiepval, Somme	Miraumont Communal Cemetery (A.5)	(13)
24	1st July	ROTHON	Charles Francis	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Leipzig Redoubt, near Thiepval, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Panel/Face 7B)	-
25	6th July	GREEN	William Eddowes	Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Puchevillers, Somme	Puchevillers British Cemetery (I.B.52)	(14)
26	15th July	COLEY	William John	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Ovillers, Somme	Bouzincourt Comm Cemetery Extn (I.E.3)	-
27	15th July	FENTON	Bede Liddell	Major	-	33	KIA	France	Near Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Panel/Face 7B)	-
28	7th August	SHADDICK	Cecil George	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	South of Cuinchy	Cambrin Churchyard Extension (P.34)	-
29	18th August	BORROUGH	Horace William	Capt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Cambrin	Cambrin Churchyard Extension (Q.9)	(15)
30	19th November	BARKER	Cecil Noel	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	The "Quadrilateral", near Serre, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7B)	-
31	20th November	CAREW	Coventry George Warrington	Major	-	45	KIA	France	Near Serre, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7B)	-
1917
32	6th February	FOX	Owen Gurney	2Lt	-	47	KIA	France	Beaumont-Hamel, Somme	Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery (B.43)	-
33	3rd April	WOLFERSTAN	Stanley	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Holnon Wood, near St Quentin	Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon (IV.C.13)	(16)
34	4th April	TAYLOR	Sidney Harold	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Holnon Wood, near St Quentin	Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon (IV.B.13)	(17)
35	15th April	SEYMOUR	Greville Crawford	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	"Eylau Trench", near St Quentin	Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon (I.1.5)	(18)
36	15th April	WITTY	James Hannay	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	"Eylau Trench", near St Quentin	Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon (I.1.7)	(19)
37	6th September	STATHAM	Hugh Kington Llewelyn	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	East of Coxyde,	Coxyde Military Cemetery (III.F.10)	-
38	9th December	DAVIES	Francis Hugh	Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	Northeast of Ypres	Oxford Road Cemetery (V.H.10)	-
1918
39	8th March	SHIEL	John Hubert Trevor	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	North of Ypres	Canada Farm Cemetery (III.G.8)	-
40	13th March	BIRKS	Alfred Owen	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Belgium	36th CCS Haringhe, near Poperinghe	Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery (I.D.2)	(20)
41	11th April	BULLOCK	Thomas William	Lt Col	-	43	KIA	France	Ayette, near Bucquoy, Somme	Bienvillers Military Cemetery (I.A.33)	-
42	27th May	CLARKE	Hamlet John	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Southeast of Arras	Berles New Military Cemetery (I.C.11)	-
43	4th June	FRIPP	George	2Lt	-	33	DOW	France	CCS at Blairville, southeast of Arras	Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (VIII.M.14)	(21)
44	4th June	RATHBONE	John Ernest Vivian	Capt	-	20	KIA	France	Southeast of Arras	Berles New Military Cemetery (II.B.8)	-
45	6th June	GLIDDON	Ernest Frank Leslie Nevill	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS at Bagneux	Bagneux British Cemetery (II.F.4)	(22)
46	11th August	BAKER	Gordon Lennox	Capt	-	29	KIA	France	Damery Wood, near Roye	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (III.A.15)	(23)
47	11th August	COURTENAY	Kilcoursie Sigismond	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Payen Wood, near Damery	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (IV.E.109)	(24)
48	11th August	FORD	Herbert Alfred	2Lt	MC	23	KIA	France	Damery Wood, near Roye	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	-
49	11th August	LAW	Edward Michael Fitzgerald	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Payen Wood, near Damery	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (IV.E.22)	(25)
50	11th August	TIDDY	Claude Julian	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Damery Wood, near Roye	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	-
51	11th August	WOOD	Henry Stewart	Lt	MC	20	KIA	France	Payen Wood, near Damery	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (III.A.19)	(26)
52	31st August	ALDERMAN	William	Capt	MC, MiD*	43	KIA	France	Northeast of Estrees, near Assevillers	Assevillers New British Cemetery (VIII.A.1)	(27)
53	29th September	CANSDALE	Lionel	2Lt	MiD*	35	KIA	France	St Quentin Canal, near Pontruet	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	-
54	1st October	WOOD	William Allan	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	St Quentin Canal, near Pontruet	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (III.K.15)	(28)
55	3rd October	BOILEAU	Edward Bulmer Whicher	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Sequehart, northeast of St Quentin	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (III.L.1)	(29)
56	27th October	FEW	Robert James Donald	Lt	-	23	DOW	UK	Military Hospital at Oxford	Oxford (Botley) Cemetery (I.1.139)	(30)
1919
57	19th February	LEISHMAN	Walter Algernon	Capt	-	27	DOI	UK	Military Hospital at Oxford	Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery (Oval.4.1)	(31)
58	15th May	JERRARD	Charles Frederick	Capt	MC, MiD	28	DOI	Germany	Hospital at Cologne	Cologne Southern Cemetery (XII.A.6)	(32)
Notes: 1. PRIESTLEY was wounded near Le Limon, southeast of Montreuil on 9th September 1914. 2. GEORGE was wounded near Le Limon, southeast of Montreuil on 9th September 1914. 3. ROE was wounded near Le Limon, southeast of Montreuil on 9th September 1914. 4. PITT is believed to be buried in this cemetery but the actual grave location is unknown. 5. TURNER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Givenchy and was reburied at the Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy in March 1920. 6. WILLIAMS died of pneumonia. 7. MAY was wounded near St Eloi, south of Ypres on 14th March 1915. 8. BUTCHER died of gas poisoning. 9. ROBERTS was gassed at Hill 60, Zwarteleen, on 1st May 1915. 10. COWIE was wounded at Hill 60, Zwarteleen, on 5th May 1915. 11. BLAKEWAY was killed during a trench raid. He was originally buried in the Martinpuich Communal Cemetery and was reburied at Martinpuich British Cemetery in July 1931. 12. ALGEO was killed during a trench raid near Diamond Wood. 13. MANSEL-PLEYDELL was killed during a trench raid near Diamond Wood. 14. GREEN was wounded at the Leipzig Redoubt, south of Thiepval on 1st July 1916. 15. BORROUGH was wounded at Cuinchy on 18th August 1916. . 16. WOLFERSTAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Holnon Wood, northwest of St Quentin, and was reburied at Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon in August 1919. 17. TAYLOR was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Holnon Wood, northwest of St Quentin, and was reburied at Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon in August 1919. 18. SEYMOUR was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Eylau Trench" northwest of St Quentin and was reburied at Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon in August 1919. 19. WITTY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Eylau Trench" northwest of St Quentin and was reburied at Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon in August 1919. 20. BIRKS was wounded near "Lannes Copse", northwest of Langemarck on 12th March 1918. 21. FRIPP was wounded near Hamlincourt on 21st May 1918. 22. GLIDDON was wounded southeast of Arras on 6th June 1918. 23. BAKER was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Damery Wood and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in November 1919. 24. COURTENAY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Payen Wood, to the north of Damery, and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in January 1921. 25. LAW was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Payen Wood, to the north of Damery, and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in March 1920. 26. WOOD H S was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Payen Wood, to the north of Damery, and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in November 1919. 27. ALDERMAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north east of Estrees, and reburied in Assevillers New British Cemetery in May 1920. 28. WOOD W A was originally buried in a battlefield grave at St Helene, north of Pontruet, and reburied in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery in March 1925. 29. BOILEAU was originally buried in a battlefield grave at St Helene, north of Pontruet, and reburied in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery in March 1925. 30. FEW was wounded at the St Quentin Canal, near Pontruet on 3rd October 1918. 31. LEISHMAN died of pneumonia. He was taken POW in August 1914 and returned to UK in late 1918, and subsequently "exonerated". He is commemorated by the CWGC as Leishmann. 32. JERRARD died of ?

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	9th December 1914	POWELL	Henry Mitchell	Capt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	South east of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 35/37)	S Staffs Regt
2	16th November 1916	CLARKE	Ian Alexander	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Beaumont Hamel, Somme	Mailly Wood Cemetery (I.E.25)	RAMC (1)
3	11th August	ANDREWS	Frank Henry	2Lt	MC	27	KIA	France	Damery Wood, near Roye	Loos Memorial (Panel 60/64)	Glos Regt (2)
4	11th August 1918	CUNNINGHAM	Edward Hamilton	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Damery Wood, near Roye	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (III.B.41)	Hants Regt (3)
5	11th August	COWLEY	Frederick John Bodenham	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Square Wood, near Parvillers	Bouchoir New British Cemetery (III.D.83)	Glos Regt (4)
6	3rd October 1918	BRAIN	Francis Sydney	Capt	MiD	24	KIA	France	St Quentin Canal, near Pontruet	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (III.K.14)	R Berks Regt (5)
Notes: 1. CLARKE was the Regimental Medical Officer. 2. ANDREWS should properly be commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial (and the CWGC are aware of this). 3. CUNNINGHAM was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Damery Wood and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in November 1919. 4. COWLEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Square Wood, west of Parvillers, and was reburied at Bouchoir New British Cemetery in November 1919. 5. BRAIN was originally buried in a battlefield grave at St Helene, north of Pontruet, and reburied in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery in March 1925.

Battalion History

The 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms. On the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the 1st Battalion was based at Belfast, part of 15th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division. All mobilisation procedures were carried out quickly over the following days and officers and reservist began arriving from Dorchester. Intensive individual and collective training was carried out and on 14th August 1914 the Battalion embarked for Le Havre, arriving 16th August 1914. The unit marched to the Brigade concentration area near Gommegneis, south east of Valenciennes, reaching there on 23rd August 1914. The Battalion was transferred to 14th Brigade in 32nd Division on 7th January 1916. The Division remained in France and Flanders throughout the war and were engaged in various actions on the Western Front. At the Armistice the Battalion was based at Avesnes, south of Maubeuge, and marched to Sains on 13th November 1918 in preparation for the march into Germany which commenced on 19th November. By 30th November the Battalion has marched to Villers-deux-Eglises, south of Charleroi. The Battalion remained here to 12th December and then marched to Anhee on the River Meuse where they remained until 20th January 1919. During this time the Battalion continued with military and physical training. On 12th January 1919 the first draft of 34 men were returned to the UK for demobilisation and n 20th January the Battalion was moved to Namur to guard bridges and barges on the river, whilst demobilisation continued. The Battalion crossed into Germany by train at Bruel, near Bonn, on 28th January and then marched to Obercassel on 30th January, performing guard, security and general duties. On 15th March 1919, 5 officers and 137 men were transferred as reinforcements to 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment as part of the Army of Occupation, and in April 1919 the cadre of the unit, being those men continuing to serve in the Regular Army, was posted to Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry where the unit was reconstituted as a Regular Battalion.

Regimental History

The Dorsetshire Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw the amalgamation of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. These two units became respectively the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Depot Barracks, Dorchester. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Dorsetshire as Battalions of the Regiment - the Dorsetshire Militia forming the 3rd (Militia) Battalion and the 1st Dorsetshire RVC forming the 1st Volunteer Battalion. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalion was reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the 1st Volunteer Battalions formed the 4th Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force (TF). After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and at various stages up to 1st June 1918, the order of battle of the Dorchester Regiment constituted of up to 14 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Home Service, Garrison and Reserve Battalions.

A detailed history of the Dorsetshire Regiment can be viewed here and here.

Analysis of Dorset Regt Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	Belgium	France	Germany	UK	Total
1914		9			9
1915	5	4		1	10
1916		12			12
1917	2	5			7
1918	2	15		1	18
1919			1	1	2
TOTALS	9	45	1	3	58

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